Chennai - 06 August 2011: In a desperate move, the national cricket selectors on Saturday recalled the man for all seasons Rahul Dravid to India's One-Day Internationals (ODI) squad after two years and left out injured Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh for the five-match series against England, be

The United States has always been a featherbed for scientists and researchers, irrespective of their origins or nationality. That is because of its unique institutional ecosystem that keeps the ground fertile for creativity, as well as individual entrepreneurship and commercial success. The cont

05 August 2011: NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft blasted off on its five-year mission to Jupiter on Friday, the first mission launched after the end of the space shuttle program last month and the first representing NASA's new emphasis on unmanned space missions. Juno will explore the largest

Mumbai - 05 August 2011 (PTI): The investors were left poorer by over Rs 1.33 lakh crore after Friday's stockmarket crash, even as the market managed to recover nearly half of the losses suffered earlier during the day.The plunge in investors' wealth, which is notional in nature and is measured in t

Beirut - 05 August 2011: Security forces opened fire as tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets across Syria on Friday calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime, defying a deadly military siege on the city of Hama where government tanks blasted residential areas bef

Guwahati: The Al-Ameen Welfare Society, a Guwahati based Non-Political voluntary organization formed in June 2003 has undertaken a project to chronicle the rich history of the Muslims of Assam with their cultural heritage and contributions to greater Society of Assam. Komoruzzaman Ahmed, founder

The anti-graft Lokpal Bill was introduced in Parliament on Thursday amid vehement protests from the opposition. Civil society activists, led by Gandhian Anna Hazare, too criticised the government draft. Here are the key points of disagreement between the government and the civil society on the bill

New Delhi - 04 August 2011: Home-grown terror was a new challenge India was facing because the problem was ignored and allowed to grow when the nation was fighting cross-border terrorism, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday. Replying to a parliamentary debate on the security situation in t

New Delhi - 04 August 2011: The Hindutva advocate and Janata Party chief, Subramaniam Swamy might end up being in serious trouble for writing an article which allegedly incited violence and hatred against Muslims. Swamy will have to face several criminal charges initiated by many individual and

Chennai - 04 August 2011 (PTI): Around 10 lakh bank employees across the country, including public, private and foreign banks, will observe a one-day token strike on Friday in protest against the Government's proposal to implement theBanking Law Amendment Bill, besides other things."It is a one day

New Delhi - 04 August 2011: Congress presidentSonia Gandhion Thursday underwent surgery at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for an undisclosed ailment which will keep her out ofIndiafor a month.Congress general secretaryJanardhan Dwivedisaid that in Sonia Gandhi's absence, she had a

New Delhi - 04 August 2011:Team Annaon Thursday began burning copies of the government's version of theLokpal Billthat was tabled in Parliament today. Team Anna said the symbolic protest would continue till August 16 when GandhianAnna Hazarewill go on fast to protest the exclusion of several recomme

Thiruvananthapuram - 04 August 2011: A whack from a smaller sibling could, it seems, account for one of the abiding mysteries about the Moon - why the side seen from the Earth is so different from its other hemisphere. The nearside is low and flat, with lava-filled basins that are readily visible

Bangalore - 04 August 2011 (PTI): Lok Sabha member DVSadananda Gowdawas on Thursday sworn in as chief minister of Karnataka, succeedingBS Yeddyurappa, who quit in the wake of the Lokayukta report on illegal mining that indicted him.GovernorHR Bhardwajadministered the oath of office to 58-year-old De

Bangalore, Aug 3 (PTI): Former Supreme Court judge Shivaraj V Patil was today sworn in as new Karnataka Lokayukta by Governor H R Bhardwaj.Retired Karnataka High Court judge R Gurarajan was also sworn in as new Upalokayukta at a function in Raj Bhavan. Patil succeeds Santosh Hegde, whose term as Lok

Bhatkal - 04 August 2011: Jamia Islamia Bhatkal is going to organize series of events to mark its 50 years in March 2012. This was announced by Convener of the Organizing Committee, Moulana Ilyas Jakti Nadvi at a press conference held here in Bhatkal. Speaking to the reporters he said, 'The decision

Srinagar - 03 August 2011: People in the Kashmir region observed a complete shutdown resulting life was severely affected by the strike which was called the by both the factions of Hurriyat against the death of the youth who was allegedly killed in the police custody last week. Reports reaching h

Bangalore - 03 August 2011 (PTI): Ousted chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's candidate and sitting MPDV Sadananda Gowdawill be the new CM of Karnataka after his election in a closely-fought battle on Wednesday in theBJPlegislature party defeating Jagadish Shettar of the rival camp.In a victory for the o